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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different poster.  Legacy.  DD rejected from Duke.  Applied ED and rejected in RD round.  Not happy to see all of this waitlist movement.  I see you, Enraged.   [/quote]

DP. yeah, it's feeling incredibly, incredibly random this year.
I know a half dozen kids who were waitlisted or rejected.  Same level kids.  Some given waitlist spots, some given rejection spots. Now the waitlisted ones have a second life. [/quote]

That's life. It sucks. Some people face this disappointment early in life, and others later. Sorry for all of these kids, in this crazy year.

It's also why you apply to 20+ schools in RD. This is proof that have a small list screws you over.
Hint: don't listen to the posters who tell you to only apply to 3-4 reaches.
My kid applied to 22 (yes 22) schools. Including 12 reaches.
Happy with the T10 outcome.[/quote]

For top of the class kids [b]CCO[/b] encourages 2 safeties, 2-3 matches and 6-8 "reach for everyone" (they have a list of 11 schools, 7 of the ivies and 4 others, that are reach for everyone from that high school, though half are slightly easier ED which is encourage if you like one of them that much).
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What does it stand for? college counseling office?[/quote]
our private has a head counseling dean and 3 college counseling officers. The CCO assists with listmaking and provides a reality check on where the kid actually ranks (GPA and rigorwise) at the end of sophomore year.  They are very good at reviewing SCOIR data and making it clear what is reasonable to reach for and what is not. 
Families have the summer to start the search and are encouraged to start with safeties and targets. Someone's safety is always someone else's reach and it can get brutal with parents at the club. No I am not joking. There is a whole set who have a very hard time with the competition aspect of it after the big sophomore meeting. There are always a bunch of UVA alums who stop wearing their gear and suddenly are planning tours to Auburn and UGA after dressing their kid in orange and navy from the toddler years.[/quote]

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